Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jacob Cook, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Jacob Cook registered to vote in Anderson County on August 28, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Anderson County
Jacob Cook
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jacob Cook
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Cook in Anderson County
- Alexander Cookborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1862
Cooks elsewhere in Texas
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 32 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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